Crossword Challenge Puzzle 489 Clues and Answers
This page covers all 30 clues of Crossword Challenge Puzzle 489, an 8×10 grid that mixes picture clues with short word clues.
Expect plenty of tiny answers, 9 of them only one or two letters. 6 clues are pictures, and 1 of those asks you to fill the gaps in a word printed on the image; 3 clues want only the initials of the clue words; 1 wants just the first letter of a single word; 1 clue is a fill-in, and 1 of it needs only the missing letters. The longest answer runs 9 letters and belongs to “Opposite of upstate”.
Here is the shortcut for Puzzle 489: read the first letters of the top-row answers and you get the answer to the picture clue in the left column. Read the first letters down the left edge and you get the answer to “Opposite of upstate”. One of those two words unlocks the first letter of 15 others.
Hints and answers, clue by clue
Clues look the way they do in the game. Tap Hint for a nudge or Answer to see the letters. The fully solved grid is below the hints.
Top row
These sit along the top edge and every answer runs down.
OPPOSITE OF UPSTATE
1Opposite of upstate
Top row 1/7 · 9 letters · down
Starts with D; pattern D _ _ N _ _ A _ _. The picture clue in the left column crosses it at the sixth square.
DOWNSTATE
2Picture clue
Top row 2/7 · 5 letters · down
One word for the picture, starting with O. Its fourth letter is shared with “Nevada”.
OLIVE
OMEGA DATA SPHERE
3Omega data sphere
Top row 3/7 · 3 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
ODS
RIGHT SIDE
4Right side
Top row 4/7 · 2 letters · down
Take one letter from each word of the clue, in order.
RS
5Picture clue
Top row 5/7 · 1 letter · down
Name the object in the picture. M.
M
FRENCH CLERIC
6French cleric
Top row 6/7 · 4 letters · down
A _ _ _. Check the third letter against “Flow back”.
ABBE
CENTRAL POINT
7Central point
Top row 7/7 · 3 letters · down
Begins with N. Its third letter is shared with “Flow back”.
NUB
Left column
These sit down the left edge and every answer runs across.
8Picture clue
Left column 1/9 · 7 letters · across
Look at the picture and fit it to D _ _ R _ _ N. Its fifth letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
DOORMAN
PAST TIMES
9Past times
Left column 2/9 · 4 letters · across
Shape: O _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Omega data sphere”.
OLDS
WISCONSIN
10Wisconsin
Left column 3/9 · 3 letters · across
Starts with W; pattern W _ _. The third square is also part of “Omega data sphere”.
WIS
NEVADA
11Nevada
Left column 4/9 · 2 letters · across
N _. Its second letter is shared with the picture clue in the top row.
NV
PARIS'S RIVER
12Paris's river
Left column 5/9 · 5 letters · across
Fits S _ _ N _. Its fourth letter is shared with “Tooth layer”.
SEINE
-ub
13Picture clue
Left column 6/9 · 1 letter · across
Picture word minus “ub” gives the answer. First letter: T.
T
14Picture clue
Left column 7/9 · 4 letters · across
Describe the picture in one word that fits A _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Hero”.
ATOM
INNATE SKILLS
15Innate skills
Left column 8/9 · 7 letters · across
T _ _ E _ _ S. The fifth square is also part of “__CKNAME”.
TALENTS
PAST LOVER
16Past lover
Left column 9/9 · 2 letters · across
Begins with E. Check the second letter against “Levy”.
EX
Inside the grid
Split squares hold two clues: the top half runs across, the bottom half runs down.
BASE UNIT
17Base unit
Row 3, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shorten the clue to its first letters: 2 squares.
BU
NOT ODD
18Not odd
Row 3, col 6 · 4 letters · down
Shape: E _ _ _. Its third letter is shared with “Paris's river”.
EVEN
FLOW BACK
19Flow back
Row 4, col 5 · 3 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _. The third square is also part of “Central point”.
EBB
TOOTH LAYER
20Tooth layer
Row 4, col 5 · 6 letters · down
E _ _ M _ _. The fourth square is also part of the picture clue in the left column.
ENAMEL
ADAM'S MADAM
21Adam's madam
Row 5, col 4 · 3 letters · across
Starts with E; pattern E _ _. “French cleric” crosses it at the third square.
EVE
HERO
22Hero
Row 5, col 4 · 4 letters · down
Begins with I. Its third letter is shared with the picture clue in the left column.
IDOL
BAKING AGENT
23Baking agent
Row 5, col 8 · 5 letters · down
Begins with Y. Check the fourth letter against “Innate skills”.
YEAST
YEAR
24Year
Row 6, col 7 · 1 letter · across
Only one square: take the initial of Year.
Y
FELINE PETS
25Feline pets
Row 6, col 7 · 4 letters · down
C _ _ _. The third square is also part of “Innate skills”.
CATS
GROOVE TO MUSIC
26Groove to music
Row 7, col 3 · 5 letters · across
Shape: D _ _ C _. The fourth square is also part of “Feline pets”.
DANCE
LEVY
27Levy
Row 7, col 3 · 3 letters · down
Starts with T; pattern T _ _. Check the third letter against “Past lover”.
TAX
DOUBLE A
28Double a
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · across
Shape: A _. The second square is also part of “Baking agent”.
AA
__CKNAME
29__CKNAME
Row 8, col 6 · 2 letters · down
“__CKNAME” is a word with a gap. Type just the gap, which begins with N.
NI
30Shopping aid
Row 10, col 4 · 4 letters · across
Both the picture and the text “SHOPPING AID” point to the same word. It begins with L.
LIST
Crossword Challenge Level 489 Solved Grid
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Puzzle 489 solved
Thanks for working through Puzzle 489 with us. Puzzle 490 is next, with 30 clues on a 8×10 board.